Blackstone leads the race to unlock US$7 trillion of cash in Japan

Blackstone leads the race to unlock US trillion of cash in Japan

The firm and rivals are trying to coax them to put more of it in private equity and credit [TOKYO] Steve Schwarzman has become an unlikely fixture in Japanese media of late. The Blackstone co-founder stars in a 30-second television commercial in Japanese as he touts the acumen of the world’s biggest alternative asset manager.…

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China’s US$7 trillion cash pile is shifting into stocks, gold

China’s US trillion cash pile is shifting into stocks, gold

With rates now sliding towards 1%, that capital is increasingly looking for a new home CHINESE households are scouring for higher-yielding investments as roughly US$7 trillion in time deposits come due this year, a shift that could provide additional fuel for the nation’s financial markets. The mountain of savings is a legacy of a prolonged…

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CGS International upgrades Grab to ‘add’, raises target price to US$7 on financial services turnaround

CGS International upgrades Grab to ‘add’, raises target price to US on financial services turnaround

[SINGAPORE] CGS International has upgraded its recommendation on Grab to “add”, from “hold” previously, and raised its target price by 29.6 per cent to US$7 from US$5.40 as the brokerage takes on a more positive outlook on the company’s financial services segment. The way CGS International analyst Jacquelyn Yow sees it, Grab’s financial services is…

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Grab denies reports of US$7 billion GoTo acquisition

Grab denies reports of US billion GoTo acquisition

SOUTHEAST Singapore-based ride-hailing and delivery company Grab said on Monday it was not in any talks on a potential deal with smaller Indonesian rival GoTo. Reuters reported last month that Nasdaq-listed Grab was looking to strike a deal to buy GoTo in the second quarter and had hired advisers to work on the proposed deal, citing two sources with knowledge…

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Petronas is said to weigh sale of US$7 billion Canada business

Petronas is said to weigh sale of US billion Canada business

Lower oil prices have hit the company, which reported a slide of more than 30% in net income in 2024 and announced job cuts that will start taking place this year Published Wed, Jun 4, 2025 · 01:24 PM [KUALA LUMPUR] Petroliam Nasional (Petronas) is considering options for its Canadian company formerly known as Progress…

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Nissan plans US$7 billion funding with backing from UK government

Nissan plans US billion funding with backing from UK government

[TOKYO] Nissan Motor, facing a huge loan repayment wall next year, is seeking to raise more than one trillion yen (S$7 billion) from debt and asset sales to keep operations on track, according to documents seen by Bloomberg News. The struggling Japanese automaker plans to issue as much as 630 billion yen in convertible securities…

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